diff --git a/ingester2/src/persist/context.rs b/ingester2/src/persist/context.rs
index d82a3a5784..32ef83f64a 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/persist/context.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/persist/context.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use observability_deps::tracing::*;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use parquet_file::metadata::IoxMetadata;
 use schema::sort::SortKey;
-use tokio::sync::Notify;
+use tokio::{sync::Notify, time::Instant};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ pub(super) struct PersistRequest {
     complete: Arc<Notify>,
     partition: Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>,
     data: PersistingData,
+    enqueued_at: Instant,
 }
 
 impl PersistRequest {
+    /// Construct a [`PersistRequest`] for `data` from `partition`, recording
+    /// the current timestamp as the "enqueued at" point.
     pub(super) fn new(partition: Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>, data: PersistingData) -> Self {
         Self {
             complete: Arc::new(Notify::default()),
             partition,
             data,
+            enqueued_at: Instant::now(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +67,6 @@ pub(super) struct Context {
     partition: Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>,
     data: PersistingData,
     inner: Arc<Inner>,
-
     /// IDs loaded from the partition at construction time.
     namespace_id: NamespaceId,
     table_id: TableId,
@@ -93,6 +96,13 @@ pub(super) struct Context {
     /// A notification signal to indicate to the caller that this partition has
     /// persisted.
     complete: Arc<Notify>,
+
+    /// Timing statistics tracking the timestamp this persist job was first
+    /// enqueued, and the timestamp this [`Context`] was constructed (signifying
+    /// the start of active persist work, as opposed to passive time spent in
+    /// the queue).
+    enqueued_at: Instant,
+    dequeued_at: Instant,
 }
 
 impl Context {
@@ -128,6 +138,8 @@ impl Context {
                 sort_key: guard.sort_key().clone(),
 
                 complete,
+                enqueued_at: req.enqueued_at,
+                dequeued_at: Instant::now(),
             }
         };
 
@@ -364,6 +376,8 @@ impl Context {
         // the persisted data will be dropped "shortly".
         self.partition.lock().mark_persisted(self.data);
 
+        let now = Instant::now();
+
         info!(
             %object_store_id,
             namespace_id = %self.namespace_id,
@@ -372,6 +386,9 @@ impl Context {
             table_name = %self.table_name,
             partition_id = %self.partition_id,
             partition_key = %self.partition_key,
+            total_persist_duration = ?now.duration_since(self.enqueued_at),
+            active_persist_duration = ?now.duration_since(self.dequeued_at),
+            queued_persist_duration = ?self.dequeued_at.duration_since(self.enqueued_at),
             "persisted partition"
         );
 
diff --git a/ingester2/src/persist/handle.rs b/ingester2/src/persist/handle.rs
index 11f21814d4..d90ac5b871 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/persist/handle.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/persist/handle.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use iox_catalog::interface::Catalog;
 use iox_query::exec::Executor;
-use observability_deps::tracing::info;
+use observability_deps::tracing::{debug, info};
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use parquet_file::storage::ParquetStorage;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ impl PersistHandle {
         partition: Arc<Mutex<PartitionData>>,
         data: PersistingData,
     ) -> Arc<Notify> {
+        debug!(
+            partition_id = data.partition_id().get(),
+            "enqueuing persistence task"
+        );
+
         // Build the persist task request
         let r = PersistRequest::new(partition, data);
         let notify = r.complete_notification();
diff --git a/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs b/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
index 81e983d923..c5e918ec2e 100644
--- a/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
+++ b/ingester2/src/wal/rotate_task.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use futures::{stream, StreamExt};
 use observability_deps::tracing::*;
 use std::{future, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use tokio::time::Instant;
 
 use crate::{buffer_tree::BufferTree, persist::handle::PersistHandle};
 
@@ -90,9 +91,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn periodic_rotation(
         let notifications = stream::iter(buffer.partitions())
             .filter_map(|p| {
                 async move {
+                    let t = Instant::now();
+
                     // Skip this partition if there is no data to persist
                     let data = p.lock().mark_persisting()?;
 
+                    debug!(
+                        partition_id=data.partition_id().get(),
+                        lock_wait=?Instant::now().duration_since(t),
+                        "read data for persistence"
+                    );
+
                     // Enqueue the partition for persistence.
                     //
                     // The persist task will call mark_persisted() on the partition